Woke up to a nice weather and we were able to see Mt Fuji from the balcony of our hotel! It was covered by the clouds yesterday when we arrived. The view is so magnificent and I could just spend the whole day looking at it. And me in my sleepy mode (STILL) just happily enjoyed the view and forgot to take any photos of it! We then checked out of the hotel and waited for the bus right in front of our hotel to Gotemba Premium Outlet. The bus will stop right at the entrance of the premium outlet and the journey from our hotel took about an hour. However you can enjoy great scenery along the way as it goes up the mountain. And of course closer and clearer view of Mt Fuji which totally awed all of us as everyone in the bus was screaming and pointing outside.
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| Gotemba Premium Outlet |
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| Mt Fuji from Gotemba Premium Outlet |
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| Mt Fuji showing her beauty! |
The design and concept is the same as the Johor Bahru Premium Outlet Mall but definitely there is more stores here! The weather was just nice and every store was having big sales that we got a bit out of control!!
After an hour or so of shopping, we decided to stop by the food court to have lunch. The food court is very spacious and filled with many variety of food.
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| Pork Ramen |
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| Grilled Beef with rice! |
Though we were all full from the ramen, we just had to order this XL Grilled Beef! It smelled so nice when we walked past the store and there was a long queue. You can choose the size of the beef and we took the XL one to share. The beef is so tender and well marinated! Would definitely have this again if I were to come back!
We finished walking the whole place and finally ended our trip at the premium outlet after close to 5 hours of shopping! At the end of our shopping, everyone was happily filled with loots and grinning because of all the good deals we got. We waited at the same spot for the bus to Gora Station where we will be taking the Tozan Train back to Hakone-Yumoto Sation and then changing to the Odakyu Express Train back to Tokyo.
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| Hakone-Yumoto |
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| Seafood Claypot Udon |
As it was still early, we decided to check out the area and also find some food to fill up our stomach after using up all our energy shopping earlier. Randomly went into a restaurant and ordered some food as many of the shops are either closed or preparing to close as it was going to 6pm.
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| Romancecar |
As we were all worn out from a whole day of traveling and shopping, we decided to top up for the Romance Limited Express where we can enjoy a comfy seat all the way back to Shinjuku station! We each topped up 890 yen and got allocated a seat each. Totally enjoyed the journey back as the seats are so comfy with huge leg space and the whole train cabin was so quiet (probably because everyone was soundly asleep too). I slept like a baby throughout the 1hr plus journey back and because the limited express stops at fewer stations, there is less disturbance of people boarding and alighting. Would totally recommend the Romancecar if you are traveling to Hakone!
After alighting at Shinjuku, we then took the subway back to the hotel. We checked in back to the same hotel we booked earlier before we left for Hakone. (Can check back on my earlier post if you're interested to know more about the hotel -> http://lifewithjacee.blogspot.sg/2014/07/tokyo-day-1-2.html)
As we were all tired, we just went to a nearby restaurant and grab some food before crashing in bed!
More updates on my remaining trip in Tokyo, so do stay tune! (:
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